Flashing ClockworkMod Recovery doesn't want to stay.

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I posted this over in Q&A last night but that form seems to have lower traffic.

Basically I followed Marzs Root-Unlock-Relock guide using the included tools, in this order

1. AIO Root - good
2. Unlock bootloader w/ Pudding using derpunlock.sbf then fastboot oem unlock. - good(or so it seems)
3. FlashCWM - Appears fine... but it's not.

However when I boot into clockworkmod it takes me to normal recovery (Triangle, Exclamation mark).

I've done some fiddling around with it and I'm able to get to Clockworkmod recovery if after I fastboot flash it I pull the battery and boot into recovery. I can boot into recovery so long as I don't reboot the phone fully.

Sorry about the duplicate post again, I just would really like to get this resolved, and it seems some other people are having the same or similar problem.

When booting the phone it say's UNLOCKED in the top left corner, and I've gone in with fastboot and tried re-unlocking it to which it says that the boot loader is already unlocked.

the phone is running Android 2.3.4 Build 198_6
I've also tried flashing TWRP recovery and it's the same thing.

Did you erase recovery first I know you said you followed it just asking cause thats what it sounds like to me go back into motofastboot erase recovery then flash recovery then while in fastboot reboot recovery

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Yep, I used the moto-fastboot erase recovery specified in the instructions, and it said that was Okay as well.

I had the same problem when I first got my Moto Photon 4g. Here is the fix right here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1271428

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Originally Posted by NewMan4Life2010

I had the same problem when I first got my Moto Photon 4g. Here is the fix right here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1271428

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I did this using root explore and it seems to work. Maybe one of the mods could sticky this or add it to the compendium.

What I did just incase anybody else needs help is:

1. open root explorer
2. navigate to system/etc
3. mount R/W
4. Renames install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak
5. mount R/O
6. Then I shut down the phone.
7. booted into fastboot mode
8. followed the direction to flash CWM as my recovery,
9. BUT at the end of recovery I instead of moto-fastboot reboot I used moto-fastboot reboot-booloader. I let reboot and then I pulled the battery.
10. then I booted up into recovery (power +volume down until you see fastboot, then hit volume down till you see Android Recovery. hit volume up to select) and I cleared my cache and my dalvik cache.
11. rebooted my phone, then shut it down. and I was able to finally get back to recovery.

Thanks a ton this was very perplexing

Originally Posted by AbraCadaverY

I did this using root explore and it seems to work. Maybe one of the mods could sticky this or add it to the compendium.

What I did just incase anybody else needs help is:

1. open root explorer
2. navigate to system/etc
3. mount R/W
4. Renames install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak
5. mount R/O
6. Then I shut down the phone.
7. booted into fastboot mode
8. followed the direction to flash CWM as my recovery,
9. BUT at the end of recovery I instead of moto-fastboot reboot I used moto-fastboot reboot-booloader. I let reboot and then I pulled the battery.
10. then I booted up into recovery (power +volume down until you see fastboot, then hit volume down till you see Android Recovery. hit volume up to select) and I cleared my cache and my dalvik cache.
11. rebooted my phone, then shut it down. and I was able to finally get back to recovery.

Thanks a ton this was very perplexing

Here's a simpler method that worked on my Xoom.

unlock
flash recovery
boot into recovery
root
then while still in CWM, no reboot, but instead:

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
adb shell rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
reboot with CWM

Only had to flash CWM once.